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Comeback of the Condor:
The California condor is a natural part of the northern Arizona landscape. Though it disappeared from the canyon country in the 1920s, efforts by several government and private entities are bringing the condors home.
The Vermilion Cliffs release program began in 1996 with the release of six condors. The privately-funded Peregrine Fund has assumed responsibility for monitoring and feeding the condors until they became self-supporting. Biologists hatch and raise chicks in captivity, then continue to monitor the birds daily after releasing them.
The condor was historically part of the northern Arizona landscape.
Condors have been listed as an endangered species since 1967, but with help, the big birds may again soar through Arizona skies for years to come. |